Birmingham Airport Runway 15 departure routes

Establishing revised departure routes utilising Performance-based Navigation (PBN)

Sponsor: Birmingham Airport Limited

The proposal seeks to establish revised departure routes from runway 15 utilising Performance-based Navigation (PBN) technology, following the extension to the airport’s instrument runway.

Update

As part of the original decision to approve the airspace change requested by Birmingham Airport Limited (BAL) the CAA set a number of conditions, one of which required BAL to conduct a further trial of 'Option 5' for turboprop-driven aircraft. More detail on this can be found in our Decision document on this page (para 126-7).

The CAA has now received representations from Birmingham Airport Limited (BAL), which in the interests of transparency, we are making available to the aviation community: BirminghamAirportRunway15DecisionResponse

Comments on BAL’s proposal will be gratefully received by 9 September 2016: BALoption5trial@caa.co.uk

Last updated: 12 May 2017

Framework briefing held with organisations considering proposal of the change	TBD
Sponsor external consultation documents (with associated appendices) Primary consultation Supplementary consultation	11 Jan - 17 May 2013
Sponsor's external consultation feedback report	June 2013
Sponsor's formal airspace change proposal (date received by CAA)	14 August 2013
Operational assessment by CAA	TBD
Consultation assessment by CAA	12 October 2015
Environmental assessment by CAA	31 March 2016
Decision document (CAA change approval)	6 April 2016
Change implementation date	23 June 2016
AIRAC distribution date / AIP amendment	12 May 2016
PIR initiation date	7 April 2017
Sponsor's analysis
CAA PIR assessment